HIST 410N FINAL EXAM 2 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS (Graded A)

HIST 410N FINAL EXAM 2 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS (Graded A) Question 1.1. (TCO 1) Historical research involves four main tasks. Discover refers to the task of: (Points : 4) locating primary sources to learn the facts asking questions like "Who created the source & why?" analyzing all the available primary sources & judging which is the most accurate distributing the new findings to the world Question 2.2. (TCO 6) In 1917, as World War I raged through Europe, Russia: (Points : 4) finally broke through the German army & drove into Germany defeated the Austrians & invaded the Balkans experienced two revolutions & sued for peace was completely overrun by the Germans Question 3.3. (TCO 5) All of the following were major factors that helped the Reds to win the Russian Civil War except: (Points : 4) peasants & minority nationalities feared a White victory more than a Red one Whites wanted to continue WWI Bolsheviks controlled the heartland of Russia Whites were not unified as well as Bolsheviks Question 4.4. (TCO 5) What event marked the beginning of World War II? (Points : 4) the Nazi-Soviet Pact the German invasion of Poland the Anschluss Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland Question 5.5. (TCO 9) What city was divided during the Cold War, & became a hotspot for espionage & intrigue? (Points : 4) Paris London Berlin Rome Question 6.6. (TCO 9) How did the Korean War start? (Points : 4) Communist troops from South Korea attacked North Korea. Communist troops from North Korea attacked South Korea. China attacked United Nations troops. North & South Korea were divided after a bitter civil war. Question 7.7. (TCO 8) What was the intention of the Marshall Plan? (Points : 4) to rebuild the military power of western Europe to help the Japanese economy recover from the War to rebuild the economies of war-shattered Europe to prevent the spread of communism into Africa & Asia Question 8.8. (TCO 6) Bangladesh is: (Points : 4) home to thousands of Muslim radicals who fled Afghanistan the site of a long conflict with the Soviet Union & mujahedin rebels the former eastern part of Pakistan, & one of the world's poorest nations a mountainous region with a small population Question 9.9. (TCO 2) Which Middle Eastern country is the site of the Kabbah, Islam's holiest site, & the world's largest oil producer? (Points : 4) Egypt Saudi Arabia Iran Kuwait Question 10.10. (TCO 2) Arab-Israeli wars occurred in: (Points : 4) 1946, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1975 1948, 1958, 1968, 1970, 1973 1948, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1990 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982 Question 11.11. (TCO 4) Poland achieved the election of its first Roman Catholic pope when Cardinal Karol JozefWojtyla assumed the papacy as Pope: (Points : 4) John Paul II Paul VI John XXIII John Paul I Question 12.12. (TCO 4) The only Eastern European country that had widespread bloodshed in 1989 was: (Points : 4) Romania Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Poland Question 13.13. (TCO 7) One reason that the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 was: (Points : 4) Iraq was thought to have WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) Iraq had invaded Israel Iraq was home to al-Qaeda Iraq invaded Kuwait Matching Question 1.1. (TCO 10) Match the terms in Column I with the descriptions in Column II. (Points : 18) Potential Matches: 1 : belief that the Church should work for social reform 2 : populist president of Argentina during the 1940s & 1950s 3 : black civil rights leader during the 1960s 4 : Cuban revolutionary hero who died in Bolivia 5 : the native peoples of Latin America 6 : dictator of Cuba from the 1930s to the early 1960s Answer : indigenous